On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:29, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:51:47 +1200 > > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 July 2006 13:23, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > Don't you remember your CP/M? > > > > Earlier than that. PIP was implemented in O/S8 on the PDP-8, and > > subsequently in RT-11 on the PDP-11. > > > > In later versions of RT-11 there was a COPY command which was a front-end > > to PIP > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/8 > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Interchange_Program > > > > -- > > CS > > I used it on many PDP-11's under RSX-11M ( and +, which had added batch > processing! ), and IAS. However, srd was a much better and more flexible > interface. Haven't things changed in the last 25 years (: > > Steve
PIP! I tried to learn it on a DEC Rainbow I got in 1991. Never worked it out though. Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ------------- Mau ki ana, he aha te mea nui? You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku ki ana, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
